Water-distributing device.



'J. H. GLAUBER, DECD. THE CITIZENS SAVINGS III TRUST COMPANY. EXECUTOR.

WATER DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. I9I4.

1 ,1 9 l ,888. Patented July 18, 1916.

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BY ATr'Ys.

J. H. GLAUBER, DEC'D.

THE cmzsus SAVINGS a TRUST COMPANY. axacumn.

WATER DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. ISM.

1,1 9 L888. Patented July 18, 1916.

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WATER-DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known, that I, J OSEPI-I H. GLAUBER, citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-DistributingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in water-distributing devices,and the improvement comprises a supporting member for a flexible pipeconnection, particularly a flanged lead pipe connection in a cock orcoupling, all substantially as herein shown and described andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The usual water'supply system for dwellings comprises a lead pipe, moreor less extended in length and commonly known as a goose-neck, whichconnects with a corpora tion cock tapped into the main water pipe in thestreet. The connection between the pipe and cock is often made bydeveloping a soft metal flange out of the lead pipe and using a union orcoupling nut to make a water-tight joint." The bends in the pipe whichgive it its name are usually developed to accommodate different settingsand allow for expansion and contraction, the installation being usuallyseveral feet underground. The bends may be more or less acute or thepipemay be left straight'at the cock ac cording to conditions and thedesired setting.

The present invention is designed to provide a supporting and bendingmember for the pipe at the cook or coupling or any other point in thepipe and this member is particularly constructed to permit a straightsection of pipe to be sleeved therein and to permit a lead flange to beformed in the pipe after such sleeved relations have been establishedand before bending the pipe.

The device'is also designed to prevent the flattening or collapsing ofthe pipe when the bend is formed and thereafter so as to maintain a fullwater-way, and other objects are also embodied in the invention ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a watermain and a goose-neck connection with my improved supporting memberembodiedtherein. Fig. 2 is a side view of a corporation cock; Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed February 9, 1914. Serial N 0. 817,413.

3 is a sectional view of a coupling nut and my improved tail-piece; andFig. 4: is a side view of a lead-pipe or' goose-neck with a lead flangeconnection at one end. Fig. 5 is a side view of a cock and a sectionalview of a piece of bent lead pipe connected in supporting relationtherewith by a coupling nut and my improved tail piece. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the tail piece alone, and Fig. 7 is a sectional viewof a similar tail-piece with a screw collar- Fig. 8 is a sectional viewof a tail-piece with a threaded end, and Fig. 9 illustrates a two-pieceor seetional tail-piece.

Referring to Fig. 1, the water main 2 is shown as having a corporationcock 3 tapped therein at an angle, andthe lead pipe or goose-neck 4 issecured to saidcock by a union or coupling nut 5 in which a separatemember 6 affords a curved tail piece to support the bent conneetingend 7of the pipe. The opposite end of the pipe is shown as connected to aniron service pipe 8 by a lead flange connection comprising-a straighttail piece 9, a nut 10, and a spud 11. Member 6 in its mostpracticalfo-rm comp-rises a short straight tubular section 12 adapted tosleeve snugly upon the lead pipe 4 when the said pipe is straight. Thepipe is first inserted in the sleeve or section 12, and then a sealingflange 14 is developed at its end by the use of flanging tools.

Member 6 is provided with a solid annular collar 15 to back the leadflange, and the straight section 12 is designed to be of ample length topermit the coupling nut 16 to be pushed back far enough to clear thecollar so that the lead flange may be easily developed and trimmed. Whenthis operation is finished the coupling nut l6may be carried forward andscrewed upon the threaded enlargement 17 of the corporation cook 18until a water-tight union is assured. The

pipe 4 may then be bent to accommodate the kind of setting desiredwithout affecting such union, bending of the pipe being facilitated andthe pipe being supported at the bend therein by the downwardly curvedlip or extensionl9 on member 6. This extension is semi-circular in crosssection to seat the lower round half of the pipe, and the side walls ofthe extension extend to or above the center line of the pipe to restrainthe tendency of the pipe to bulge out laterally and flatten where thebend occurs and which if permitted would diminish the water-way. The lipor extension 19 is also preferably but not necessarily, of a graduatedcurvature, that is, the downwardly-bent portion beginning at thestraight section 12 is of greater radius than the outer end thereof,which permits the pipe to be easily bent at the start and to extend atan obtuse angle, say one-eighth of a bend, see full lines Fig. 5, or tobe bent at right angles, quarter bend, as shown in dotted lines in saidfigure. In either case the curved tail-piece serves as a former forbending. the pipe to the desired angle without kinking the pipe and atthe same time this member will effectively support the pipe at avulnerable point of strain in the connection or in other words at thepoint of union with the cock, so that settling of the pipe beyond thecoupling will not affect the joint nor collapse the pipe at the bend.The lip or extension being open in its upper portion, there isabsolutely no interference or trouble in assembling the parts, nor inswedgmg and forming the lead flange, and the workman .can perform thisOperation conveniently in or out of the trench. If reaming of thestraight tubular portion is found. necessary to enlarge the same for aslightly larger pipe the lip will not interfere as its location is atone side of the axial center of the straight section 12. Member 6 isalso constructed to fit the corporation cocks and couplings of standardsize in general use, and may be manufactured and sold as a separatearticle and as an attachment for such devices, and the article is notlimited to the field of use described but may be used with advantage inother installations where bent pipes are found necessary. Member 6 mayalso have a screw collar 15 (see Fig. 7) in lieu of an integral collarto permit the said member to be detached from the coupling nut and Cookand slipped back over the straight pipe to any desired point where itmay be used as a former in making a short bend. Fig. 8 shows atail-piece 6 provided with a threaded end 16, and Fig. 9 illustrates atwo-part tail-piece comprising separable upper and lower curved sections21 and 22,

respectively, which are seated oppositely on the pipe to protect thebend in the pipe.

Other modifications might also be made without departing from theinventive c011- cept or the breadth and scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a water distributing device, an attachment for a pipe comprising ashort tubular section adapted to sleeve upon the pipe having a lipcurved to one side thereof, said lip being segmental in cross section toprovide an open channel the full length thereof.

2. In a water distributing device, a separable member for a pipecomprising an annular sleeve having a curved end extension ofsubstantially semi-circular formation at its end and open the fulllength thereof at its top in cross section to form and seat a bend inthe pipe.

3. In a water distributing device, a separable member for a pipecomprising a sleeve having an end lip of graduated curvature and open atits top the full length thereof and of uniform size in cross section itsfull length to form and support a bend in the pipe.

1. In a water distributing device, a coupling connection for a pipecomprising a sleeve having an annular collar at one end and a channeledlip at its other end, which is'open at its top the full length thereof,said collar and lip being integral in combination with a coupling nutadapted to rotatably engage and confine said collar.

5. In a water distributing device, a coupling body and a nut therefor,and a tailpiece having a shouldered portion engaged by said nut andprovided with a downwardly curved lip, in combination with a lead pipesleeved within said tail piece in bent seating relation with said lipand having an outwardly-extending flanged end in abutting relation withsaid collar and coupling body.

6. In a water distributing device, a separate article of manufacture andsale for cocksand coupling members, comprising a relatively shorttubular tail-piece having an annular end collar and a channeled integralextension at one end thereof and open at one side.

7 In a water distributing device, a separate article of manufacture andsale for cocks and coupling members, comprising a relatively shorttubular tail-piece having an annular end collar and a curved andchanneled integral extension projecting on curved lines to one side ofthe axial center thereof, said extension being open its full width fromend to end.

8. In a Water distributing device, the combination of a coupling body, aunion nut, and a curved tail'piece of semi-circular form at its outerendportion open on one side, with a flanged lead pipe having a bend seatedwithin said curved tail-piece.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. GLAUBER. Witnesses R. B. MosER, F. C. HARROLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

